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Texts -- Micah 7:1-14 (NET)

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Micah Laments Judah’s Sin
7:1 I am depressed ! Indeed , it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered , and the grapes have been harvested . There is no grape cluster to eat , no fresh figs that I crave so much. 7:2 Faithful men have disappeared from the land ; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood ; they hunt their own brother with a net . 7:3 They are determined to be experts at doing evil ; government officials and judges take bribes , prominent men make demands , and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. 7:4 The best of them is like a thorn ; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes . The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen – your appointed time of punishment – is on the way , and then you will experience confusion . 7:5 Do not rely on a friend ; do not trust a companion ! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms ! 7:6 For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother , and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law ; a man’s enemies are his own servants . 7:7 But I will keep watching for the Lord ; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.
Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated
7:8 My enemies , do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen , I will get up . Though I sit in darkness , the Lord will be my light . 7:9 I must endure the Lord’s anger , for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause , and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light ; I will experience firsthand his deliverance . 7:10 When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame . They say to me, “Where is the Lord your God ?” I will gloat over them. Then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets . 7:11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls ; in that day your boundary will be extended .
A Closing Prayer
7:12 In that day people will come to you from Assyria as far as Egypt , from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River , from the seacoasts and the mountains . 7:13 The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done . 7:14 Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod , the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket , in the midst of a pastureland . Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead , as they did in the old days .

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  • "The section begins (1-6) and ends (23-29) with double illustrations drawn from nature and agriculture. Between lies a meditation in eight broadly equal parts on how Jerusalem's leaders refused the word of invitation and inhe...
  • There were three aspects to Judah's failure: the people's perversity (vv. 20-25), their injustice (vv. 26-29), and their leaders (vv. 30-31).143"Jeremiah rebukes the Judeans as a whole for their utter stupidity and lack of mo...
  • "After the oracles against wicked kings, there is a promise of a righteous one, the Shoot of David."313Jeremiah just announced that none of Coniah's descendants would ever rule as kings. Now he went on to clarify that a David...
  • 4:1 Amos opened this second message as he did the first (ch. 3), with the cry, "Hear this word."He addressed the wealthy women of Samaria, calling them "cows of Bashan."Bashan was a very luxuriant region of Transjordan east a...
  • Critics of the book have tried to prove that it is the product of several writers or editors (redactors). The reason for this view is its lack of apparent coherence. Chapters 4-7 have become the target of most critical attack...
  • The main aspects of God that Micah emphasized were His sovereignty, self-consistency, and His leadership of all events and His people toward His ultimate plans and purposes for them.Like the other eighth-century prophets, Mic...
  • I. Heading 1:1II. The first oracle: Israel's impending judgment and future restoration 1:2-2:13A. The judgment coming on Israel 1:2-7B. Lamentation over the coming judgment 1:8-161. Micah's personal response 1:8-92. Micah's c...
  • This is the first of three messages that compose the Book of Micah (cf. chs. 3-5; 6-7). In each one, promises of restoration follow predictions of ruin....
  • The message of the false prophets was not completely wrong; it just presented the positive aspects of God's promises to Israel but omitted the negative. Micah's message had been mainly negative; the people needed to repent or...
  • One of the events that would occur before the realization of these great promises of blessing was Israel's exile, but the burden of this pericope is also future restoration.4:9 Micah, speaking for the Lord, addressed the Jews...
  • This section introduces another ruler of Israel who, in contrast to Zedekiah, his foil, would effectively lead God's people."This royal oracle is obviously intended to be the central peak of the range of oracles in chs. 4 and...
  • This pericope continues the emphasis on future peace.5:5b Assyria was the main threat to the Israelites in Micah's day, but this prophecy predicts their victory over the Assyrians. This did not happen in the history of Israel...
  • The writer recorded a third round of messages that first announce judgment on the Israelites for their sins (ch. 6) and then promise future restoration (ch. 7)....
  • This section is an individual lament similar to many of the psalms (cf. 1:8-16).7:1 Micah bewailed his own disappointment with Israel's situation. He compared himself to Israel's fruit pickers and grape gatherers who felt gre...
  • This final section of the book is also in the form of a lament (cf. vv. 1-7). While Micah spoke as an individual, he spoke for the faithful remnant of Israelites in his day. His sentiments would have been theirs. Thus the lam...
  • 7:8 When Micah's enemies saw him experience some discouraging situation, they rejoiced. He told them not to rejoice, because though he fell God would raise him up. Though he appeared to be groping in the darkness (cf. Lam. 3:...
  • 7:14 Micah prayed that the Lord would again take an active role as the shepherd of His people Israel. Shepherding with His rod (Heb. shebet) implies kingly leadership. This is a request for the promised descendant of David to...
  • The final three verses of the book, which are also the final message in the Old Testament, are sufficiently different from what immediately precedes to indicate another message from Malachi. Essentially Malachi said, Be prepa...
  • Even though Jesus' disciples would encounter hostile opposition, they should fear God more than their antagonists.10:26-27 The basis for confidence in the face of persecution is an understanding that whatever is presently hid...
  • The Triumphal Entry happened on Monday. The cursing of the fig tree took place on Tuesday, and the disciples' mention of its withering followed on Wednesday (cf. Mark 11:1-14).78021:18-19 Jesus passed the lone fig tree somewh...
  • Mark gave more precise time intervals than Matthew did. Matthew related the cursing of the fig tree (Matt. 21:12-17) and Jesus' lesson to the disciples the following day (Matt. 21:18-22) back to back.11:12-13 The next day was...
  • These warnings also occur in other contexts of Jesus' ministry (cf. Matt. 10:17-22; Luke 12:11-12). Jesus evidently voiced them more than once.Mark stressed the idea of persecution by recording the Greek word paradidomithree ...
  • This section brings the parallel stories of John's birth and Jesus' birth together. The two sons had their own identities and individual greatness, but Jesus was superior. John began his ministry of exalting Jesus in his moth...
  • Jesus addressed these words to His disciples primarily (cf. vv. 41-42).12:49-50 In view of the context Jesus' reference to fire must be as a symbol of judgment primarily rather than purification, its other common significatio...
  • This parable illustrated the need for repentance, but it also drew attention to God's grace in allowing time for repentance.13:6-7 The parable as a whole is very similar to Isaiah 5:1-7, though there the plant in view was a g...
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